APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Wednesday December 6, 2006 (MJD 54076) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Steph Snedden Scott Fleming Support: Elena Malnushenko ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- exoplanet hunting ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- All eight ET plates observed, some twice, for a total of eleven pointings. Cloud camera had two noise events. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- MCP was rebooted during the day. Also during the day the TCC had been restarted after the disk image backup was made. There were no residual problems. Afternoon checkout went smoothly, with Elena's help. Night: ----- 00:59Z - Cart 8, plate 8032. Since offsets were cleared, needed an FK5. One 50 minute exposure. 02:14Z - Cart 1, plate 8033. Found guide stars right away after I applied the offsets from the previous nights. One 50 minute exposure. 03:18Z - Cart 4, plate 8030. Found guide stars right away with cleared offsets. One 50 minute exposure. 04:30Z - Cart 1, plate 8033 again. One 30 minute exposure. The cartridge fiber access cover came off on the ET side. We replaced it. No damage done, but it caused a five minute or so delay. 05:15Z - Cart 2, plate 8018. GSOGTF with cleared offsets. Started a 50 min exposure, but stopped it to start a 30 minute exposure, which was later stopped because it was felt that the time was better spent on the next plate. 05:50Z - Cart 6, plate 8016. GSOGTF. One 50 minute exposure. Seeing was not great to begin with because of low altitude,andt it got worse as the wind changed direction. 06:20Z Cloud camera started showing serious noise patterns in the overall sky level. 06:50Z (approx) Cloud camera noise stopped. 06:55Z Cart 7, plate 8017. GSOGTF. One 50 minute exposure. Poor seeing, but a little improved from the last plate. 08:05Z Cart 6, plate 8016 again. GSOGTF. One 50 minute exposure. 09:07Z Cart 2, plate 8018. GSOGTF. One 50 minute exposure. 10:11Z Cart 7, plate 8017 Needed an FK5. One 30 minute exposure. 11:08Z Cart 3, plate 8024. Needed an FK5. One 50 minute exposure. 11:20Z More cloudcam noise. 12:04Z Cart5, plate 8025. Stars at edges of two fibers. One 50 minute exposure. Note: All gotoField -gflats were issued twice. endNight finished quickly. end-of-night ET calibrations were being taken as I mailed the log. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---=== IMAGING RUN DETAILS ===--- ---=== SKIPPY RESULTS ===--- Run Frame nFrames stars muErr muRms nuErr nuRms rot az el --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---=== LTMATCH RESULTS ===--- Run Field nFields alt az nGood rowMean rowSig colMean colSig rot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---=== SPECTROSCOPY DATA SUMMARY ===--- Summary Checked (y/n):n QA Procedures Done (y/n):n UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 23:05 41655 0.0 bias ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01:09Z 8 8032 -50.69 0.0004 69.88 0.0025 136.44 -0.0112 0.999900 02:16Z 1 8033 58.08 0.0096 59.05 0.0013 227.25 0.0363 0.999930 03:23Z 4 8030 -20.59 -0.0001 49.43 0.0001 162.65 -0.0193 0.999730 05:33Z 2 8018 116.36 0.0000 49.94 0.0000 -94.76 0.0000 1.000240 05:57Z 6 8016 58.63 0.0009 38.66 0.0015 225.85 -0.0127 1.000270 07:18Z 7 8017 54.50 -0.0011 49.26 0.0002 223.39 -0.0064 1.000080 08:13Z 6 8016 13.93 0.0008 56.23 0.0020 191.66 -0.0119 1.000080 09:17Z 2 8018 211.08 -0.0042 80.28 0.0009 35.07 0.0220 1.000060 10:21Z 7 8017 -27.94 -0.0011 59.64 0.0026 156.67 -0.0165 1.000110 11:06Z 3 8024 47.84 0.0028 69.71 0.0016 220.98 0.0180 1.000110 12:14Z 5 8025 39.97 -0.0014 53.31 0.0004 212.68 -0.0150 1.000010 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01:09Z 8 8032 0.99990 988 2073 125 -51 69.9 1.3 2 218 - 1.6 02:16Z 1 8033 0.99993 691 1827 100 58 59.0 1.6 2 251 - 1.5 03:23Z 4 8030 0.99973 2666 3490 100 -21 49.4 1.6 2 242 - 1.4 05:32Z 2 8018 1.00024 -2370 -680 100 116 49.9 1.4 1 292 - 1.4 05:57Z 6 8016 1.00027 -2666 -886 100 59 38.7 0.4 7 10 - 1.9 07:18Z 7 8017 1.00008 -790 580 50 55 49.3 3.1 13 23 - 2.3 08:13Z 6 8016 1.00008 -790 558 50 14 56.2 2.4 3 352 - 2.0 09:17Z 2 8018 1.00006 -593 703 75 211 80.3 2.1 14 19 - 1.9 10:21Z 7 8017 1.00011 -1086 329 75 -28 59.6 1.1 17 68 - 1.9 11:06Z 3 8024 1.00011 -1086 333 100 48 69.7 1.0 14 58 - 2.3 12:14Z 5 8025 1.00001 -99 1189 100 40 53.3 0.7 20 61 - 2.5 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 23:04Z 39 6 8 234 (SW) 356 - Clear 23:36Z 38 6 2 261 (W) 341 - ' 00:07Z 35 5 1 190 (S) 337 - ' 00:40Z 34 4 2 250 (WSW) 362 - ' 01:13Z 34 4 1 203 (SSW) 350 - ' 01:45Z 34 4 1 234 (SW) 373 - ' 02:16Z 34 0 1 251 (WSW) 303 - ' 02:49Z 35 0 1 245 (WSW) 307 - ' 03:20Z 35 2 3 250 (WSW) 339 - ' 03:52Z 35 3 0 215 (SW) 290 - ' 04:24Z 34 2 2 94 (E) 291 - ' 04:55Z 36 6 6 358 (NNW) 70 - ' 05:25Z 35 4 5 280 (W) 109 - ' 05:56Z 32 5 6 356 (NNW) 224 - ' 06:28Z 36 8 9 12 (NNE) 111 - ' 06:58Z 37 -3 18 19 (NNE) 88 - ' 07:30Z 38 -9 0 153 (SSE) 78 - ' 08:01Z 36 -4 1 46 (NE) 81 - ' 08:31Z 35 -4 1 306 (NW) 84 - ' 09:03Z 33 -2 11 36 (NE) 75 - ' 09:34Z 36 -4 15 31 (NNE) 116 - ' 10:06Z 35 -4 9 53 (NE) 95 - ' 10:38Z 33 1 9 83 (E) 107 - ' 11:11Z 33 3 12 70 (ENE) 121 - ' 11:43Z 33 5 20 72 (ENE) 147 - ' 12:14Z 33 6 19 61 (ENE) 146 - ' 12:48Z 33 5 16 70 (ENE) 157 - ' 13:20Z 32 5 17 75 (ENE) 176 - ' ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 23:35Z Started building ventilation. 00:05Z Opened enclosure 13:15Z Closed enclosure. Ventilation off. Telescope stowed at 30 deg alt with autofill connected and Cart 5 mounted. Counterweights at 250. 13:29Z - Spectro dewar weight: 206 lb, 21 psi 13:29Z - Imager dewar weight: 201 lb, 21 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_28_1 Watcher: v2_35_0 MCP: v6_3_2 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13 TCC: TCC 2.7.2.1 August 6 2004 sdssProcedures: v2_20 SoS: v5_1_4 hoggPT: v1_6_9 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 24.6800 24.6750 Axial B 26.2770 26.2540 Axial C 27.9380 25.3490 Trans D 13.5880 13.5760 Lateral E 9.9695 9.9568 Lateral F 11.5443 11.5316 GALILS Commanded: 4600. -2000. 2650. -9300. -9800. -9800. Actual: 4600. -2000. 2650. -9300. -9800. -9800. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 PriOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 2.1 Alt.: 30.265974 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 1.5520 1.5550 Axial B 1.1300 1.1290 Axial C 1.1890 1.1910 Trans D -0.0520 -0.0530 GALILS Commanded: 1614112. 1594698. 1543120. -10550. -5800. Actual: 1614050. 1594700. 1543100. -10550. -5800. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 20.00 -10.00 -100.00 176.64 SecOrient: 1257.02 19.99 -10.02 -100.45 176.57 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---